Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,772, William Dunwell, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
born.
Dunwell William
S 34,772
CONTENTS

Massachusetts
4,221
4
William Dunwell
Capt Warner
Private
Connecticut Line - 3 years
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 3 of May
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 of Nov 1818 and sent Saml Putnam Judge
Berkshire Co Massachusetts
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1818 3 \frac{24}{31}  \frac{4}{30} 31.25
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Mar 1819 48. -
$ 79.25
d. May 4. 1834
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
Sheffield
Berkshire Co
Connecticut

Notification sent September 6th 1820 to Parker, L. Hall, Lenox, Massachusetts

Commonwealth
District of Massachusetts.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY, ss.
ON this eighth day of May in the year of our Lord 1818 before the subscriber Samuel Putnam one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial  Court of S. County personally appeared William Dunwell aged 74 years years, resident in the Town of Stockbridge in the County of Berkshire aforesaid, in the said District—who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provisions made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war." That he the said William enlisted in New Milford in the State of Connecticut in the company commanded by Captain Elizer Warner  Colonel Litchfield's Regiment of the Connecticut Line  in March 1777 for three years That he continued to serve in the said corps, in the service of the United States, until the  1st of Novr 1781 when he was discharged from service in State of New Jersey  at Red Bank
That he was in the battle of
so called; - and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support;
And that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid.
S. Putnam Just S. J. Court of Mass.
Wm Dunwell
I Samuel Putnam Judge as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said William Dunwell did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
and seal of said Court the 8. May 1818
S. Putnam Just S. J. Court of Mass.
Given under my hand
I JOSEPH WOODBRIDGE , Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court with  jurisdiction for the County of Berkshire do certify and attest, that the abovenamed  Samuel Putnam is one of the Justices of the Supreme  Judicial Court aforesaid and that the foregoing is his signature.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court, the day and year first above written.
J. Woodbridge Clerk

I Abijah Bennett of Canaan in the State of Conn t hereby do hereby certify that I have the said Mr. Dunham in March or April 1777 when he enlisted and in March 1780 when he was discharged which discharge he gave at the time said Dunham left the army and that it was an honorable discharge.
Abijah Bennett
Berks. May 8. 1818
Sworn to by the said Abijah Bennett Before S. Putnam J.S.S.C.
W m Pennock Elizabeth Saml l Pennock Correct.

W m Duncalf Affidavit
Smith's Court Ref. Correct.
Sworn to by the said Abijah Bennett Before S. Putnam J.S.S. C.

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William, Dunwell
4221 Nov. '18
AM
Mar. 1819

District of Massachusetts, ss :
ON this 3 rd day of July — 1820 ; Personally appeared in open Court before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, begun and holden at Lenox, within and for the County of Berkshire, in the Western Circuit, on the 4th Monday of June 1820, the same Court, being a Court of record for said Circuit ; proceeding according to the course of the common Law, with a jurisdiction, unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, William Dunwell aged 69 years, resident in Sheffield in the County of Berkshire aforesaid, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows ; that he enlisted in the company commanded by Captain Elizer Warner — in the regiment commanded by Colonel Heman Swift in the line of the State of Connecticut on the Continental establishment. That his original declaration is dated May 8 — 1818 — and that his pension certificate is numbered 4,221 —
And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident Citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof with intent, thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons, engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me, nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule, hereto annexed, and by me subscribed—schedule of property, necessary clothing and bedding excepted—to wit :
 1 pr Tailors Shears — .50  1 Tailors Goose — .50  1 ax — 1.00  1 old chest — .75  3 old Cedar Barks — 1.50  2 old Chains — 1.00  1 meat Bawl — .75   $ 5, 00 total 
That I am by occupation a Tailor — that I am afflicted with Rheumatic complaints — unable to earn above ten Dollars per year — that the number of my family residing with me is one — that the names and ages are as follow : one Daughter named Harriet aged 24 years — of a very slender & weakly constitution & hardly able to earn her own support —  (Sign) Wm Dunwell
Sworn to, and declared on the 3 rd day of July — 1820, before the said Court — Parker L. Hall Clerk pro tem.
I Parker L. Hall, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Berkshire do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court ; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Five dollars and _____ cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this ninth day of August 1820.
Parker L. Hall
CLERK OF THE COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of William Dunwell a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Feb. 1777 Feb. 1780 Pvt. Ebenezer Harkness Hezekiah Griffith Conn.                                                   
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____
Date of application for pension, _____
Residence at date of application, _____
Age at date of application, _____
Remarks:
There is no data on file as to his family other than that one daughter named Abigail aged 24 years was residing with him in 1820.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Rev Sec February 2, 1920
Commissioner of Pensions Department of the Interior Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Have you the pension record of William Dummell who enlisted in the Revolutionary War from Cornwall or New Milford, Conn., and is said to have been a pensioner.
Thanking you, I am Very truly yours Emily A. Freeman Dade City, Florida

34 772 Rev INVALID.
File No. 34 772
William Dunwell
Rev Rev 1880
Act: 18 March 1880
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 492
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1920 Feb 16 Hist. to Emily A. Greenman